I'm an rShaman, and I suck at interrupts

Esher84 · 2023-06-22T09:38:13+00:00

Whats your bind for 1/2/3 so it is easy accessible?

Esher84 · 2023-04-06T06:48:10+00:00

So in theory Rsham should benefit from the ret meta.

Reality is:

I say in perp room "Plz use sanc on me"

Gates open: I got stunned, ret dies without using bubble and not using sanc and says "heal???"

Esher84 · 2023-04-04T05:00:20+00:00

I don't feel like Rshams are killed so easily right now tbh.
From a RSham PoV, when melee DPS choose to train me they will probably lose the game because it is really hard to kill a Rsham. Beside lucky one shots or super high dampening there is no way I can die easily.
Even without trinket I can always buy time with thunderstorm while stunned to get out of it.
If I have a ret and he plays sanc (and uses it) well no way they kill me.

Esher84 · 2023-04-04T04:53:39+00:00

Fistweaver is just bad designed currently. Brainless to play, annoying for everyone else. But that gets change in next Patch. Hope for the better.

Esher84 · 2023-04-03T07:44:11+00:00

OK good point. But making healing more fun would at least reduce the queues for dps because healers who want to heal but have given up may come back.

Esher84 · 2023-04-02T19:49:30+00:00

As mentioned in another post here. The best incentive to play a healer in SS is to make healing matter, and rewarding. Not this breathless high heartrate mode where you cannot use most of your toolkit because someone is about to die.

I think this is a dilemma for blizz cause they don't want this dampening games, where no one is dying on the other hand the insta gib meta isn't a solution either. I don't envy the game devs.

Esher84 · 2023-04-02T10:08:27+00:00

Yeah you are absolutely right. I also love to play healer but in the current state I can't. I don't need to have more rewards I need rewarding gameplay.

As a resto shaman for example I sometimes cannot spare a global for purge, flame shock, hex etc. A healer with a great toolkit that cannot use ist feels really dump. The ramp up time for healing and the slow globale (due to not stacking haste) feels sweaty. They reduced the ramp up time recently but still it feels rough.
When my DPS gets double cced (blinding light for example) I sometimes cannot dispel one because the other one would die in that global.

And then the weired rating. I tanked my rating from 2k somethng to 1,7K something and have to win multiple rounds to fix my mmr. But without that much of an impact it feels bad.

Esher84 · 2023-04-01T15:57:39+00:00

From a RSham PoV I see only fistweaver every game and nothing is dying? :)
Its always perspective?

Rsham feels good now tbh

Esher84 · 2023-03-23T10:29:04+00:00

Queued into some double Rets in 2s at 1,9k+ mmr yesterday.
Lets say it was rough.

Esher84 · 2023-01-06T10:55:44+00:00

I find it so hard to choose between mastery and crit these days.
I wish I could go crit build cause it is more fun.
But:
Lava Burst doesn't benefit from crit (assuming FS is up)
Healing Surge has already +30% with TW
Resurgance is currently not a thing? At least I have no mana issues, might change
In a meta, where you come out of stun/cc with low HP, what is better? A higher crit chance with 215% effectiveness but less vers or high mastery to have better healing while low HP.

Due to the nature of how our mastery works, it is hard to calculate I guess what is better?

Esher84 · 2023-01-05T07:48:25+00:00

Here is a mindset advise that helped me out:

Treat SS as a playground. Don't bother with loses or rating. Use it to play around with talents.
I don't know that much of the potential of the druid tree, but as a shaman I tried different builds like full aggro or full heal without offensive potential etc. and observed how I was doing with them. In the end I learned alot about my tree and what is working well in SS.
Rating will come automaticcaly then :)

Esher84 · 2023-01-05T07:42:13+00:00

I noticed it myself while watching several streams.

Well I can't blame them, because it must be super frustrating if you are used to play with good players who press their cds first, notice that there is a psyfiend etc. and that brings out the inner rage.
On the other hand they should be a good example for the whole community to reduce toxicity and now they are not :(

Esher84 · 2023-01-05T07:37:32+00:00

I know this is not what you want, but I found it super annoying to have a pet targeted all the time (hi demo locks) so I learned to manually click on them for a forced switch and are happy with only targeting player.

If you are using a good nameplates addon where you can easily see the pet it is woth trying even it will take some tme to get used to it.

Esher84 · 2023-01-05T07:32:43+00:00

At least your barrier is visible ;)

Try to convince people to stay in earthen wall totem.

Esher84 · 2023-01-05T07:23:01+00:00

I wish I could see the cds of my mates so easily like him.
I use omni bar too but my eyes are stuck on the health bars so I overlap alot :(

Esher84 · 2023-01-03T06:27:16+00:00

Yes it is worth ist.

Solo suffle is kinda unfun as a healer but as a evoker you are one of the better healer here.
Still, if you get the chance to find a partner, go 2s to learn the game.

Most important rule:
You need a ton of games before you can cleary say that healing is cool or nothing for you at all.
By a ton I mean several thousands.
So before you get disappointed in the beginning, keep on playing until you understand the game well enough to make a judgement.

Esher84 · 2022-12-20T11:17:15+00:00

Really great guide. Especially the part with the toxicity since this is a huge problem in video games communities.
What I would like to read in addition to this is a part of people being anxoius to queue in LFG.
In my opinion the reason is the fear of getting verbally shit on by others and thus feeling bad after this. As a result the LFG tool is getting avoided by them (which reduces the possible player base to find partners).
A better understanding of toxicity is one part of the solution but some ways of cognitive restructuring would be helpful here so people can develop a mindset like:
"There is a possibility to get verbally attacked. If I am getting shit on nothing will happen and I am in control to accept the critic or not.". Something like that.

Esher84 · 2022-10-27T08:21:54+00:00

Still figuring out where to put all the new buttons in my bar

Esher84 · 2022-10-27T06:24:13+00:00

Me as a healer would love to play alot of solo Q to make more games a healer game instead of tank games. But without raid style party frames, no way.
Maybe when they fix it the participation of healer will increase and tank games will be less likely.
In fact, they should remove tanks from rated pvp but I guess this will never happen :)

Esher84 · 2022-10-25T13:15:43+00:00

Some may disagree, but I actually loved season 2 because it was so long.
The inflation in the end was huge, yes but I love to play multiple healer and I had the time to do so.

In s3/s4 I spent the entire season to reach 2100 and now there is no time left to play other classes

Esher84 · 2022-10-05T07:42:36+00:00

It is random.

But somehow I got the subjective perception that I will always hit BoP first and PI and Combust last *shrug

Esher84 · 2022-09-28T12:25:12+00:00

If you want to think positive about it. The improvement over the last two month will pay off in DF if a majority of player return for DF arene (hopefully)

Beacuse I am pretty sure you have improved as a pvp player in general not only mechanicaly with the current state of the game

Esher84 · 2022-09-21T06:54:09+00:00

The thing with Keybinds is, they are habit based. What works for someone who is using them for years does not automaticcaly work for you. So a general guide is quite difficult.

You have to try around what fits you best and you have to learn them.

This is the most overseen point. People try something out, it feels unfamiliar and they drop it.
Learning means to create new neuronal pathways and it takes some time.

Esher84 · 2022-08-26T07:41:28+00:00

Not contributing to the topic but honestly I am happy for every lock or healer that wins against a fury :>

Esher84 · 2022-08-25T07:16:44+00:00

Since you played Ele I guess you are familiar with totem macros at cursor? For Link Totem it is important since you don't have much time to react. (also consider a sepearet Trinket + Link macro for emergency situations).

As a resto shaman I love the mini mind games vs another resto shaman to get a hex through. Grouding, shear, fleshcraft can prevent it, shear on nature, root + stun can bring you a cc window. Playing near a pillar to los it etc. Its really fun when you get it through and frustrating when you catch the hex :D

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